Swiss Arbitration – arbitrating in GCC countries and Switzerland

Christopher Boog is a Vice-Chair of the International Arbitration Practice Group and co-heads the Sports Practice. He is also a member of the Construction and Energy sector groups. He represents clients in complex international commercial, investment and sports arbitrations as well as in setting-aside proceedings before the Swiss Supreme Court. He was appointed President of the Arbitration Court of the Swiss Arbitration Centre, effective as of 1 January 2024.

Noradèle Radjai is a partner in the international arbitration team, specialising in commercial and investment arbitration in the energy (in particular oil and gas), construction and telecommunications sectors. She also advises clients from the Middle East or in relation to contracts or projects in the Middle East.

Ms Radjai has acted as counsel, advocate and arbitrator in about 100 international arbitration proceedings, both ad hoc and institutional (under the ICC, LCIA, SCC, ICSID, AAA/ICDR, UNCITRAL and Swiss Rules), including disputes arising from share sales and acquisitions, joint ventures, and large projects, governed by a variety of procedural and substantive laws.

Ms Radjai is highly recognised by the leading legal directories. She was ranked as one of the top 5 arbitration partners globally under the age of 45 in Who’s Who Legal: Future Leaders – Arbitration 2017 and has been ranked since several years in Who’s Who Legal’s global ranking for all arbitration practitioners.  She is also included by Chambers Global and Europe in their Europe-wide and Switzerland rankings of leading arbitration counsel.

Ms Radjai is a member of the Executive Board of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA), a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of ASA (Swiss Arbitration Association), former Vice-Chair of the IBA Arbitration Committee (as well as former co-chair of its Corporate Counsel Subcommittee), a member of the Pledge Steering Committee and the CPR European Advisory Board. In addition, she is a member of several other professional associations, including the LCIA, the BIICL, the American Bar Association and Arbitral Women.

Prior to joining LALIVE, Ms Radjai worked in the international arbitration group of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in London, and with Simmons & Simmons in London.  Noradèle Radjai is fluent in both common and civil law, being dual-qualified in Switzerland as well as a Solicitor-Advocate of the Senior Courts of England and Wales. She holds a Diploma in Law, with distinction, from the College of Law, London, and an LL.B., with honours, from King’s College London (1999).